Card-exhibiting device.



H. W. HELLIKER.

CARD EXHIBITING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 20, 1913.

1,088,574. Patented Feb. 24, 1914.

- A770RNEY8 HERBERT WILLIAM HELLIKER, OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

CARD-EXHIBITING DEVICE.

original application filed November 8, 1912, Serial No. 738,163.

Serial No. 774,811.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 2st, M914.

Divided and this application filed June b all whom. it may concern.

Be it known that l, HERBERT W. lil nnpi- KER, a subject of the King ofGreat Britain, and a. resident of ()akland, in the countyof Alameda andState of California, have 1n vented new and Improved Card-lilxhibitingDevice, of which the following" is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to display apparatus, and especially to devicesfor holding and exhibiting cards or the like.

The particular object of this invention is to provide an exhibitingdevice for cards for use in connection with certain game apparatus madethe subject of a previous application filed by me on November 8, 1912,Serial No. 730,168, and allowed on April 8, 1913, and of which thisapplication is a. division.

'lhc foregoing and other objects of the invention will hereinafter bemore fully described and claimed and illustrated in the drawings forminga part of this specification in which like characters of referenceindicate corres iionding parts in all the views, and in which- Figure 1.is a front elevation of a cabinet or casing having a series ofopenii'igs or windows; is a vertical section of the same; Fig. 3 is anenlarged longitudinal section through one of the holders; and Fig. '-.la. transverse section on the line el-. lof Fig. 3.

The seveal parts of the device may be i made of any suitable materialsand the relative sizes and proportions of the same may be varied to aconsiderable extent without departing from the spirit of the inventionhereinafter more fully set forth and specifically claimed.

In Figs. 1 and E2 the support or casing 10 is of any suitableconstruction of upright I nature and provided with a semi-cylindricalhorizontal forwardly projecting extension 11. This extension is providedwith one or more windows or openings 12, shown herein as five in number,and within said extension 11 and just in the rear of each of saidwindows 12 is a cylindrical. roller 13. Each roller is journaled at itsends upon trunuions 14: and 15 suitably fixed in any convenient framemembers 16 and 17, respectively, of the apparatus. A gear wheel shown asa sprocket 18 is secured adjacent one end of the roller 13, and a chain19 operates thereover from any suitable source of power whereby theroller may be rotated, as desired, around the axis of the trunnions letand. A cup 20 is preferably arranged in each end of the roller for thereception and holding of anti-friction rollers 21. Each roller,fin-thorniore, is provided with a plurality of longitudinal parallelkerfs or ,ogrooaes extending preferably entirely around itscircumference. At I show pictures or cards of any suitable natureadapted to be connected to the rollers and to be displayed at anysuitable intervals through said windows. Each card, and by the term cardas used hereinafter I would wish. to be understood as covering any sortof picture or any device of a similar nature to be displayed, is adaptedto be held incliridually, preferably at one end, in a holder 21. Saidholder comprises two principal zarts, namely, a shank 241* and a clamp24 hinged together by means of a pivot 25. The shank is fitted into oneof said kerfs 22 and is formed at its ends with cutaways or shoulders26, the outer edges of which lie substantially flush with thecircumference of the roller. Each card is held in its clamp either byfriction or by some positive fastener. such as shown at 27. After thecard holders are all inserted into the respective herfs a pair of strapsor bands 28 are put around the ends of the roller engaging all of saidshanks at said shoulders. securing them from outward displacement, andthe same are prevented from longitudinal displacement in the kerfs bymeans of the end plates 30 which serve also as keepers for theanti-friction rollers 21 surrounding the trunnions 14 and 15.

Assuming that the roller is caused to rolate in the direction indicatedby the arrow on lfiigs. 2 and at. the respective holders will be rotatedaccordingly, causing the cards to be carried around the axis thereof.Each card is acted upon by means of a leaf spring 31 which has atendency to lift the card while it is rising at the rear of the rollerso as to cause the same to come into engagement with a projection 32 atthe upper portion of the window extension 11 whereby the severe. cardsare retarded momentarily while the roller rotates, or, if the roller iscaused to rotate intermittently, one of the cards of each roller will beheld in view through its window.

means connected to the roller to rotate;

the same around said fixed supports, said roller being provided with aseries of parallel kerfs extending from one end thereof to the other andsaid series extending around the cylindrical surface thereof, and aholder for a card seated in each of said kerfs, said holder including arelatively stationary shank seated as aforesaid and a clamp pivoted tosaid shank, the card holder being substantially the same length as theroller.

2. In a card exhibiting device, the combination of a roller, means toplvotally support the SZLHIQ on its longitudinal axis, means connectedto one end of the roller to control its rotation, said roller beingprovided with 1 one or more longitudinal kerfs extending therelnto, acard holder including a shank seated in each of said kerts and havingshoulders lying flush with the surface of the i roller, said holder alsoincluding a clamp for a card, and means surrounding the roller andcooperating with said shoulders to maintain the card holders inposition.

\ In a card exhibiting device, the combination with a casing having awindow and aof a roller thereto, l within the casing, means to supportthe l roller for rotation in the rear of said window, a series of cardholders secured in parallel relation to one another to the roller, eachcard holder comprising a relatively sta tionary shank, a clamp pivotedthereto, and a spring having its free end acting upon the pivoted clamptending to lift the card while it is ascending with the roller and tocause the same to come into cooperation with the aforesaid projection,and means to control the rotation of the roller.

in testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

HERBERT WILLIAM HELLIKER.

projection adjacent Yfitnesses C. DALY, V. D. STUART,

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